Financial Management, Investment Management

Now is the time to invest in PE

June 21, 2022

Now is the time to invest in PE
Data from various providers and academics analysing private equity returns show, that PE outperforms public markets throughout the business cycle, and Internal Rates of Return (IRR) pick up following recessions, as most recently observed following the 2000-1 Dotcom Bust and the 2007-8 Global Financial Crisis (GFC).

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Canada's News Source for Financial Professionals Investment Executive (IE) is Canada's national newspaper for financial services industry professionals. Launched in 1989, IE is published 16 times a year and reaches more than 120,000 financial advisors and managers.

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Moving Payment Services Out of CORE Banking - Payments Unplugged

whitePaper | September 10, 2022

The Global Payments Revenue is expected to reach $2.5 trillion by 2025 overcoming the pandemic induced decline in 2020/2021, when revenues stood at $1.5 trillion.

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The Fundamentals of a Personalized Digital Banking Experience

whitePaper | April 14, 2022

The expectations today's customers have towards personalized digital banking are directly impacted by their experience across other industries such as eCommerce, healthcare, gaming, retail, etc. This is particularly true across emerging markets in Africa, such as Kenya, South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, and Egypt, where increased mobile penetration has created an obsession among customers for customized digital experiences, forcing institutions to align their offerings towards this trend.

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How Modern Observability Eases Digital Transformation In Banking

whitePaper | November 3, 2022

TA bank’s digital team typically has full observability of only 11% of its application and infrastructure environments, according to the Global CIO Report 2020 by Dynatrace. The data and metrics-laden systems are too complex and, by association, timeconsuming for most in-house teams.

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How Digitization is Driving Bank M&A and Improving Performance

whitePaper | October 21, 2021

During the pandemic banks had to experiment and take risks that under normal circumstances they would never have considered in order to keep operations up and running, such as rapidly deploying a range of digital tools. To the surprise of many, employees and customers enthusiastically embraced these digital offerings, accelerating technology maturity and adoption by several years. Banks suddenly had hard evidence that digitizing operations could bring enormous efficiency and scale advantages while actually serving customers with greater personalization. These insights, in addition to capitalization changes, are contributing to a new wave of M&A activity in the U.S. as banks look to scale up quickly as the economy emerges from the pandemic. There were more than 50 deals in the first four months of 2021 with a total value of almost $25 billion, up from $6.5 billion in the same period in 2020, according to an S&P Global report.

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The State of AR: Trends, Headwinds & Opportunities

whitePaper | June 7, 2022

In partnership with BlackLine, 360 Thought Leadership Consulting conducted the original survey: The State of AR: Trends, Headwinds & Opportunities. The objectives of this study are to assess the strategic role that accounts receivable is currently playing and why, benchmark top AR priorities and challenges in 2022, and evaluate the role that technology will play in delivering AR success in 2022 and beyond. The cross-industry survey was launched in April of 2022 and focused on companies headquartered in the United States of America. We surveyed 260 participants with roles including AR.

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DEFINING THE EVOLUTION OF FP&A: BENCHMARKS, CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES

whitePaper | June 4, 2022

Historically, FP&A has been viewed as a back-office function. A provider of historical data, it was often regarded as the “scorekeeper,” focused on producing routine management reports with limited forward-looking capability. Now, many FP&A leaders are regarded as trusted advisers for both strategic and operational decisions. How empowered are FP&A leaders to support CFOs who have more strategic, customerfacing, disruptive roles?

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Investment Executive

Canada's News Source for Financial Professionals Investment Executive (IE) is Canada's national newspaper for financial services industry professionals. Launched in 1989, IE is published 16 times a year and reaches more than 120,000 financial advisors and managers.

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